Electronic payments for importers

This cost effective international payment service lets you send payments of up to £2,000 equivalent in local currency to Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and USA.
Payments normally take up to five working days to reach your beneficiary after they've been debited from your account. However these timescales can't be guaranteed.

Cost savings - perfect for low-value international payments that are not urgent.

Secure and reliable - electronic bank-to-bank links offer your business security and reliability.

Convenient - to make a payment, process them yourself via Bankline, our electronic banking platform or complete a form from your local branch.

Avoid FX charges - all payments are sent in the local currency of the destination country, so your beneficiary will avoid currency conversion charges at their bank.

Transparent timescales - the money should reach the beneficiary within five working days of your account being debited. These are the usual timescales but cannot, however, be guaranteed.

You will need to provide the following information about the beneficiary:

• Name of the beneficiary's bank
• Bank Identifier Code
• Branch code
• Bank account number

Costs
Each Relay payment costs £10

If you haven't found what you're looking for or have any additional questions please call us using the 'Get in touch' contact information.

Standard transfers provide the ability to make payments to almost any country in the world within 4 working days of your account being debited.

Reliable and secure - using established electronic bank to bank links.

Flexible - electronic bank-to-bank links offer your business security and reliability.

Convenient - payments of any amount can be made in all major currencies to almost any destinations throughout the world.

Cost-effective - a lower cost alternative to our Urgent transfers.

Timescales - funds will be with your beneficiary within four working days after your account has been debited. Euro payments to EU countries (including the UK) will be quicker.

Convenient - arrange payments from your PC by using Bankline or by visiting your local branch.

These details apply to payments to the 27 members of the European Community as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. The members are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK (and associated territories).
You will need to provide the recipient's:

• Name
• Bank SWIFT BIC address (unique Bank Identifier Code)
• International Bank Account Number (IBAN)

For all other countries you need to provide:

• The currency of the payment
• The name of the person you are sending the money to
• The recipient bank SWIFT BIC address (unique Bank Identifier Code)
• The full name and address of the recipient's bank
• The bank account number and sort code
• Which charges you will be paying

• Euro payments to EC countries, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland cost £10. The recipient will need to pay any fees charged by their own bank.
• All other payments to Europe will cost £20 and the recipient will need to pay any fees charged by their own bank.
• Payments to the rest of the world cost £20 and you can choose to:
  • pay only our charges
  • pay all charges
  • have the recipient to pay all the charges

If you haven't found what you're looking for or have any additional questions please call us using the 'Get in touch' contact information.

If you need to make payments quickly, choose Urgent transfer, our quickest electronic payment method. You can make urgent payments abroad for any amount to almost any country in the world.

Speed - a fast means of sending money abroad. The beneficiary should receive funds within two working days of your account being debited.

Security and reliability - since payment is made using bank-to-bank electronic links.

Flexibility - make payments of any amount in all major currencies to most global destinations.

Same day euro payments - payments in Euro to European Union (EU) countries (and intra-UK) can even be carried out on the same day.

Easy to use - make payments from your PC using Bankline or by visiting your local branch.

Making a payment within Europe
These details apply to the 27 members of the European Community (EC), (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK) as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland.
You will need to provide:

• Beneficiary name
• Beneficiary SWIFT BIC address (unique Bank Identifier Code)
• Beneficiary IBAN (International Bank Account Number)

• The currency of the payment
• The name of the person you are sending the money to
• The recipient bank SWIFT BIC address (unique Bank Identifier Code)
• The full name and address of the recipient's bank
• The bank account number and sort code
• Which charges you will be paying

Costs

• Payments to Europe cost £27, and the recipient will need to pay any fees charged by their own bank.
• Payments to the rest of the world cost £27, you can choose to pay:
  • only our charges
  • pay all charges or
  • have the recipient pay all the charges

If you haven't found what you're looking for or have any additional questions please call us using the 'Get in touch' contact information.